Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

Allen-bradley Company, LLC

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

Michael D Kalan

Kenwood H Hall

Andrew R Stump

Charles Martin Rischar

Subbian Govindaraj

Kenneth Scott Plache

Sujeet Chand

Taryl Jon Jasper

Christopher Wayne Como

Matthew Robert Ericsson

Anthony Carrara

Sharon M Billi-Duran

Douglas J Reichard

Srdjan Josipovic

Gavan W Hood

John Joseph Baier

Stephen C Briant

Paul R D'Mura

Raymond John Staron

Robert J Kretschmann

Eashwer Srinivasan

Daniel S DeYoung

Haithem Mansouri

James Harry Jarrett

Juergen K Weinhofer

Edward Alan Hill

Russell William Brandes

Joseph Bronikowski

Frank Kulaszewicz

William Sinner

Keith Staninger

Matheus Bulho

Christopher E Stanek

Richard Alan Morse

Steven John Kowal

Ronald Eric Bliss

David W Farchmin

Daniel Baliey Seger

Douglas W Reid

Randall A Marquardt

David Alan Vasko

Eugene Liberman

Joseph P Izzo

Clifton Harold Bromley

Paul G Kucharski

Brian Alan Batke

Mark A Flood

David Allen Johnston

Jeffery William Brooks

Keith M Hogan

Kevin George Gordon

John C Wilkinson

Reginald W Sprecher

John Ethan Belcher

Mark E Taylor

Bruce A Christensen

Robert R Sepsi

Diane N Ritchie

Thomas G Rodano

David Van Gompel

Anthony Gerard Gibart

Norman Andrew Weatherhead

Joachim Thomsen

Lorenzo P Majewski

Robert Guenther

Raymond Louis Buvel

Peter N Preis

Alden L Peterson

Stephen P Proctor

Rae M Varga

Phillip F Pemberton

Danie Beckett

Jack Michael Visoky

Robert C Kline

Jan Bezdicek

Marek Obitko

Kevin Michael Tambascio

James B Vitrano

Robert Mavrov

Glenn B Schulz

Danny L Carnahan

Kam-Por Yuen

Bradley J Bittorf

Leopoldo Paredes

Norman Sievert Shelvik

Jack F Toma

Luis A Capriles

James A Meeker

Stephen D Ryan

Tao Zhao

Shoshana L Wodzisz

Jeffrey A Shearer

Vaclav Jirkovsky

Douglas M Reid

Rae M White

Stephen C Braint

Nicholas L Perrotto, Jr

Tary J Jasper

Daniel S Deyoung

A graphical user interface (GUI) for designing an industrial automation system via an electronic display includes a design window and a first accessory window. The GUI presents a library visualization representative of a plurality of objects within the first accessory window, each object represented by an icon and corresponding to a respective industrial automation device. The GUI receives a first input indicative of a first selection of a first object from the library, presents the first object in the design window, receives a second input indicative of a second selection of a second object from the library, presents the second object in the design window, determines a suggested next action based on historical data including a plurality of industrial automation system designs having the first and second objects, and updates the GUI to display a notification comprising the suggested next action.

System and method for smart selection and building of industrial automation control systems from industrial automation control libraries and objects

A (GUI) for designing an industrial automation system includes a design window and a first accessory window. The GUI presents a library visualization representative of a plurality of objects within the first accessory window, each object is represented by an icon and corresponds to a respective industrial automation device. The GUI receives inputs indicative of a selection of one or more objects of the plurality of objects from the library, presents the one or more objects in the design window, determines that the one or more inputs do not comply with a set of industrial automation system rules comprising one or more relationships between a plurality of industrial automation devices, and displays a warning message that the one or more inputs do not comply with the set of industrial automation system rules.

Industrial automation control code change management and multiple edit integration

A graphical user interface (GUI) for designing and monitoring an industrial automation system presents an alert based on a condition of an object corresponding to a respective industrial automation device displayed on the GUI. The GUI generates one or more suggestions for resolving the alert, including referencing a historical data set, parsing the historical data set to identify one or more previous instances in which the condition of the object occurred and was successfully resolved, and identifying one or more respective remedial actions taken in each of the one or more identified previous instances to resolve the condition. The GUI presents the one or more remedial actions as the one or more suggestions for resolving the alert, receives an input selecting one of the one or more remedial actions, and implements the selected remedial action.

System and method for industrial automation troubleshooting

The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating object-based industrial automation control. An automation control library comprised of a plurality of objects may be maintained in association with one or more industrial automation applications. Code defining the execution of an industrial automation process may be received. A plurality of objects in the object library for implementing the industrial automation control process may be identified. The plurality of identified objects may be matched to one or more hardware components based on one or more operational requirements included in the code, and available hardware resources for performing the automation control process.

Intelligent binding and selection of hardware via automation control objects

The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating object-based cross-domain industrial automation control. An object library comprising a plurality of objects may be maintained. One or more of the objects may represent physical counterparts for use in an industrial automation process. Each object of the plurality of objects in the object library may have at least one property that an automated control device operation can be programmed to act on. Each object of the plurality of objects may also have at least one property that a human machine interface component can utilize in generating display elements corresponding to the objects for display on the human machine interface. When modifications to objects in the object library are received, those modifications may be automatically deployed and incorporated in controller logic and HMI graphics and control.

Automation objects for integrated design environments

Various embodiments of the present technology comprise systems and methods for testing automated industrial process routines. In some examples, a software object that corresponds to a physical device in an automated industrial environment is integrated into a test routine comprising other software objects that correspond to other physical devices in the automated industrial environment. A test script of the software object is executed to test the compatibility between the software object and the other software objects in the test routine and the performance of the software object in the test routine. Test results are generated that comprise virtual measurements for the software object.

Automated industrial process testing via cross-domain object types

The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for facilitating user communication for industrial automation system design. A first user's input for flagging an issue for review by a second user may be received in relation to a software object integrated in an industrial automation routine. A flag may be associated with the software object. A request to access the flagged issue may be received from the second user, and a location in the industrial automation routine corresponding to the flagged issue and the software object may be caused to be displayed on a computing device associated with the second user.

Multi-user collaboration across domains for industrial automation design

A system includes a processor and a memory accessible by the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an input adding a new industrial automation device to an industrial automation system including a plurality of industrial automation devices, generate a new name for the new industrial automation device based on a naming convention and a location of the new industrial automation device within the industrial automation system, determine, for each of one or more industrial automation devices of the plurality of industrial automation devices, a name change based on the addition of the new industrial automation device to the industrial automation system, wherein the name change comprises generating a replacement name and replacing a previous name with the replacement name, and update one or more respective configurations of the plurality of industrial automation devices based on the one or more name changes.

System and method for customer-specific naming conventions for industrial automation devices

An industrial control system may receive processing information from at least two control systems associated with at least two components within an industrial automation system. The processing information may include a processing load value for each of the at least two control systems. The industrial control system may then distribute processing loads associated with the at least two control systems when a total processing load between the at least two control systems is unbalanced.

Systems and methods for balancing loads in an industrial automation system

A method includes presenting a first graphical user interface (GUI) including a first listing of a first plurality of objects within a project library, presenting a second GUI comprising a second listing of the second plurality of objects, receiving a second input indicative of a selection of the one or more objects in the second listing, receiving a third input indicative of a command to import the one or more objects to the project library, retrieving one or more respective portions of computer code corresponding to the one or more objects of the second plurality of objects from a second database, and updating the first GUI to include the one or more objects in the first listing.

Product selection and importation for use in industrial automation project design environment

An industrial automation component may receive design information associated with an arrangement of one or more industrial automation components in an industrial automation system and identify a first portion of the industrial automation components in the industrial automation system that is unable to interface with a second portion of industrial automation components based on the design information. The industrial automation component may then generate a list of industrial automation components based on the first portion of the industrial automation components and the second portion of industrial automation components, wherein each of the list of industrial automation components is configured to translate a first set of data associated with the first portion of the industrial automation components to a second set of data configured to be at least partly interpretable by the second portion of industrial automation components.

Systems and methods for incorporating proxy components in an industrial automation system

A system is configured to receive a first selection of a first object corresponding to a first portion of computer code that defines a first operation of a first industrial automation device from a library, receive a second selection of a second object corresponding to a second portion of computer code that defines a second operation of a second industrial automation device from the library, and generate an industrial automation project code file. Generating the industrial automation project code file includes modifying the first portion of computer code to enable the first industrial automation device to operate in conjunction with the second industrial automation device, modifying the second portion of computer code to enable the second industrial automation device to operate in conjunction with the first industrial automation device, and combining the modified first portion of computer code and the modified second portion of computer code.

System and method for industrial automation device library

An industrial automation component may receive a first set of data associated with the industrial automation component, such that the industrial automation component is associated with a first industrial automation system. The industrial automation component may then receive a second set of data associated with one or more other industrial automation components, such that the one or more other industrial automation components are associated with one or more other industrial automation systems. The industrial automation component may then identify one or more similar patterns in the first set of data and the second set of data and adjust one or more operations of the industrial automation component based on the similar patterns.

Systems and methods for adjusting operations of an industrial automation system based on multiple data sources

A system includes a processor and a memory accessible by the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an industrial automation project code file, wherein the industrial automation project code file defines one or more operations of an industrial automation system during performance of an industrial automation process, retrieve a set of industrial automation rules associated with a set of best practices for project code files, analyze the industrial automation project code file based on the set of industrial automation rules, including identifying one or more instances of inefficient tag usage, and identifying one or more sets of parallel overlapping tasks, and generate a report based the analysis of the industrial automation project code file based on the set of industrial automation rules.

System and method for industrial automation project code analysis

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Michael D Kalan